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Demographic Profile of Age and Sex -  Source and Date of Data: Census 1990
Age Group County State
Number Percentage Percentage
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
0-4 1154 1090 2244 7.29 6.28 6.76 7.74 6.99 7.35
5-17 3131 3001 6132 19.79 17.30 18.49 20.64 18.10 19.04
18-59 8906 9254 18160 56.25 53.35 54.74 59.10 57.15 58.09
60+ 2634 4002 6636 16.64 23.07 20 13.12 17.76 15.51
Total 15825 17347 33172 47.71 52.29 100 48.43 51.57 100

 

Race and Ethnicity - Source and Date of Data: Census 1990
Population Subgroup County State
Number Percentage Percentage
White 21488 64.78 69.03
Black 11507 34.69 29.82
All other races 177 0.53 1.14
Total 33172 100 100

 

Socioeconomic Indicators - Source and Date of Data: Census 1990
Indicator County State
Percent of population below poverty 15.3 18.9
Percent (ages 16+) unemployed 6.3 5.9
Percent receiving Food Stamps 13.41 11.23
Total women and children in WIC 1070 120654
Percent receiving Medicaid 8 7.3
Percent with less than high school education 37 30.2

 

Leading Causes of Mortality - State and County Source and Date of Data: SC DHEC 1994
Leading Causes of Mortality - State Rate (deaths/100,000) Leading Causes of Mortality - County Rate (deaths/100,000)
1.  Heart Disease 267.2 1.  Heart Disease 259.3
2.  Cancer 194.3 2.  Cancer 205
3.  Stroke 60.2 3.  Stroke 102.5
4.  Accidents 47.8 4.  COPD 42.2
5.  COPD 29.8 5.  Accident 42.2
6.  Pneumonia 23.4 6.  Pneumonia 27.1
7.  Diabetes 20.8 7.  Liver Disease 21.1
8.  Suicide 12.4 8.  Diabetes 15.1
9.  Homicide 12.2 9. Infection / Parasites 12.1
10.  Perinatal conditions 10.4 10.  Athersclerosis 12.1

 

Perinatal Indicators - State and County - Source and Date of Data:  SC DHEC 1994
Perinatal Indicator County Rates State Rates
White women Black women White women Black women
Live Births
All women 220 202 31899 19996
Age <18 13 27 1479 2288
Prenatal Care
1st care in 3rd trimester      (total #) 5 11 749 1298
Fewer than 7 visits (estimated) 18.2% 47% 23.8% 45.7%
Low Birth Weight
<2500 grams 17  (7.7%) 24  (11.9%) 2143  (6.7%) 2617  (13.1%)
<1500 grams 5  (2.3%) 1  (0.5%) 369  (1.2%) 570  (2.9%)
Birth Defects and Mortality
Congenital anomalies

  Total of 84 death secondary anomalies

Perinatal mortality 22.4 19.4 12.3 24.6
Fetal mortality 13.5 19.4 7.9 15.6
Neonatal mortality 8.1 0 4.4 5.8

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